Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40940525952e0a76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 09:00:01 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 6ffc5b19e6bbca7573cfa02f9cb6b198 SHA-1: 6f56411f8458da1b1d65af76ff2d66580438792b SHA-256: 40940525952e0a76bff50cebf691d0c13a2686ba0902f4745c02bc738d2c181b
122 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many pointing to other PDFs hosted on the same IP address, suggesting a link farm designed to lure users into downloading game-related "hacks" or "cheats." The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the presence of external URIs and a potential download button lure indicate a malicious workflow. The document's purpose is to drive traffic to these linked resources, likely serving as a distribution point for further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 5

  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://netcdn.tw/app/406889139/coinmaster-blogspot-game-hack
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-do-you-earn-free-coins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-game-dev-life-hack_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/www-robux-redeem_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/hack-mod-of-roblox_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-34-4-free-download_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-no-survey_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-verification-2021-android_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-roblox-paddwords_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-ml_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/games-like-minecraft-but-free_GM479516143.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-ultimate-driving-2-westover-islands-free-job_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-download-pc-free_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-hacks-and-cheats_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-realms-for-free_GM479516143.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-uk_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-survey-no-download-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-can-i-get-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://110.164.163.187/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-to-village-3-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
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decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3314 23616 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000068cc.bin
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pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x68CC 18560 bytes